Should Senators Have Term Limits?

Yes, term limits would be awesome for all politicians. They spend half the time buying their seats anyway, then the other half fundraising for their re-elections.

Sure, for a few of them one is one term too many.

Indeed, they should have term limits. Lest, they become too comfortable in their positions and tend to forget that they are there because of the constituents, not because they own the job. Besides, they must make room for new generation of politicians with new ideas, more suitable to the times we are living.

Term limits are bad when you think about it. Would you rather elect a dog who knows where the bones are buried, or do you want to elect a dog that digs up the whole yard?

Ordinarily I'm against artificial machinations like term limits. But the US Senate voting on the nomination of John Roberts is the best example in FAVOR of term limits I've ever seen. Twenty-two dim-bulb, wing-nut liberal senators (perhaps you've heard of a few: Schumer, Clinton, Kennedy, Kerry, Biden, Boxer, Feinstein, etc.) have voted "no" on this nomination. That seems like a lot of "no's" for someone so obviously qualified to serve. I'm trying to remember how many "no" votes Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she the former General Counsel of the ACLU (who said she was a left-wing extremist?) when she was nominated by Clinton. Ah, but the well-known moderates Barak Obama and Evan Bayh, how did they vote? Also no. Yes, we're certainly making progress on that sickening partisan rancor everyone complains about, aren't we?

Nope, I'm against term limits. I prefer public financing as opposed to term limits. Whether he's a senator, congressman, or US president, I choose who I see fit running our government. Hell, I'd vote for both Clinton's to serve as many terms as they'd like.

definitely not. we already have term limits, they are called elections. the problem is voter apathy; most elections are decided by less than a quarter of the people who are eligible to vote. we get what we deserve.

I used to be strongly in favor of term limits for senators and members of Congress, but the concept is in itself a violation of the democratic principles of this nation. If the voting public demands it, then a senator or congressman should be allowed to retain his seat. The decision of whether to send an incumbent back to Congress or to send him packing should be left entirely to the voter, regardless of one's desire to see fresh faces and new blood in the debate. If the voters of a particular state or district wish to have a new face representing them, then they will vote one in. However, if voters are content with an incumbent, then there should be no restrictions on re-electing them, regardless of how long their have previously served.

No. Absolutely not. I am against any law telling me who I can and can't vote for.. or when or how often. Term limits are just another example of letting the government do our thinking for us.. of protecting us from ourselves. No, thanks. I can do my own thinking.

I don't agree with the concept of term limits. It's very easy to say that we should chase the rascals out every once in a while, but I believe the choice of who holds public office should be between the voters and the public official who serves. If he or she is competent, then the voters will send them back to office. It doesn't make sense to restrict the time any public official serves. A lot of people who support term limits say that it brings fresh faces to the debate, but in reality it's always the same people running for office; the only thing with term limits is that they are rotating in and out of different offices. It actually encourages careerism in politics. Power is no more spread out and money still plays the same role in politics with or without term limits. Term limits are really a gimmick.

Yes. The last thing we want for this country is people who think their tryants.

Of course they should.

Yes. All public offices at all levels should have term limits. The Founders envisioned that the people who chose to serve the people would only do so for a short time, as they fully understood the concept of the government being the people's SERVANT, rather than their master. Nothing is worse than a person making a career out of politics in a free nation. They seek to rule you.